Activists and human rights groups in France have accused police of violence and abuse against protesters opposing the pension reforms
A viral video showed an officer in Paris apparently rolling the wheel of a motorcycle over the leg of 19-year-old student, Valentin Peguy, who claimed police kicked him when he was on the ground and “used his bike as a weapon”. He and his friends were fleeing tear gas used at Place de La Republique during a 21 March protest, when Mr Peguy fell as police gave chase., police then appear to haul Mr Peguy up by his collar and push him against a tree.
Protesters climb the Triumph of the Republic sculpture during a demonstration against pension reform at Place de la Nation in central Paris on Tuesday Amnesty International France condemned the use of “excessive force”, “abusive arrests” and “abusive” use of crowd control weaponry such as tear gas and flashballs . The Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, Dunja Mijatović, said that even if protesters “engaged in sporadic acts of violence” that does not “justify excessive force”. Other human rights groups in France have issued similar statements.
Acts such as these by Brav-M have prompted MPs from the left-wing La France Insoumise party to call for the dissolution of the unit. LFI MP Alma Dufour tweeted a petition for the unit’s dissolution and said: “I was targeted by a rubber bullet by the Brav during theProtesters and bystanders also complain of being subject to arbitrary arrests.
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